Cain + Abel // Genesis 4:1-15

This fall, we’re taking our third look at the first few chapters of Genesis. The story of Cain and Abel is a painful one, introducing us to what life looks like Outside the Garden. Recorded September 8, 2024.

The Practice of Being with Children // Matthew 18:1-6, 13-15, 19:13-15

We continue our summer Rule of Life series by looking at Jesus' invitation to be with and minister to children. Jesus' instructions were shocking to their original audience, but also invite us to welcome children, learn from them and help them grow as a church family. Recorded August 18, 2024.

The Psalms as a Prayer Template // Psalm 27

We were honoured to have Joe Gebhardt, a ministry partner from Projekt Kirche in Berlin, teach from Psalm 27 can provide a template and encouragement to incorporate prayer into our spiritual rhythms. Recorded August 11, 2024 - we apologize for the audio issues in the middle of the recording.

The Posture of Joy

As we continue in our Summer Rule of Life series, guest teacher, Talasi Guerra, shares about joy from various Biblical passages and her personal story. Further resources on joy, including Talasi’s new book can be found at talasiguerra.com. Recorded on August 3, 2024.

Financial Stewardship

As we continue on in our summer Rule of Life, guest speaker, Rev. Shel Boese, shares about the practice of financial giving, challenging us to take on the mindset of our generous God and revisit how we approach our financial stewardship. Recorded July 21, 2024.

Spiritual Friendship // John 15:12-15

This week we dig into the habit of spiritual friendship as we continue on in our summer Rule of Life series. We’re invited to learn about the definition of friendship during the time of Jesus, how Jesus transformed this vision of friendship and how we might practice spiritual friendship today. Recorded July 14, 2024.

Fasting // Matthew 6:16-18

This week, we focus on fasting through an exploration of the history of fasting among God's people, why fasting has become so neglected, how Jesus and his disciples practiced fasting, and some practical how to's of fasting. Recorded July 7, 2024.

Vision for the Rule of Life - Part 2 // Philippians 2:1-18

If the vision of being human is to become like Jesus, how do we actually do it? This week, we look at how Paul answers that question in several ways in Philippians 2: centering on the story of Jesus, listening to God's voice, community and the events of life. Finally, we take a look at the role of spiritual disciplines and creating a Rule of Life as we enter into our summer series. Recorded June 23, 2024.

Vision for the Rule of Life - Part 1 // Philippians 2:1-18

We begin our summer series by looking at the Jesus poem in Philippians 2 where we hear the invitation to become like Jesus and put His story in the center of our lives and community. Recorded June 16, 2024.

Housing in the City - Series Wrap

In the final week of our Housing in the City series, we share some of the big themes and possible steps forward individually and corporately. Although the series is complete, we invite our community to continue the conversation in prayer and discernment throughout the summer.

Note: John showed the Korean American artist, Do Ho Suh's work around the theme of home. You can see some of his artwork here (https://www.nationalgalleries.org/exhibition/do-ho-suh-tracing-time) and here (https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2024/mar/10/do-ho-suh-tracing-time-review-scottish-national-gallery-of-modern-art-modern-one-edinburgh). Recorded June 9, 2024.

Housing in the City - Discernment

This week, we looked at some guidelines for discernment as we consider what God would have us do as individuals and a community. Using the Sermon on the Mount as a guide, we see the importance of having our stories challenged, seeing ourselves as a counter-society within Vancouver, and discerning out of grace as a community. Note: we had several power issues towards the end of the sermon which affected the audio. Recorded June 2, 2024.

Housing in the City - Money

This week, we continue in our exploration of Housing in the City by looking at the theme of money or economics in the Bible. We learn about God’s economic vision for His people, how their unfaithfulness to this vision led to exile, how Jesus invites us back into this story and how we might be invited to live as a city within a city during this housing crisis. Recorded May 26, 2024.

Housing in the City - Home

As we continue in our Housing in the City series, we turn to the topic of home. As we explore the spaces God has called "home" in the story of the Bible, we are invited to consider the implications for the spaces we call home, the households we are a part of and how we might host. Recorded May 19, 2024.

Housing in the City - Community

We continue in our Housing in the City series by looking at the theme of community in the Bible. While the city offers hope to solve our problem of community, it almost always, in the Bible and in the modern world, lets us down and contributes to the breakdown of community rather than building a community of shalom. As followers of Jesus living in the city, we are invited to lament and learn how to live in a different type of community. Recorded May 12, 2024.

Housing in the City - The City // Jeremiah 29:1, 4-7, 10-14

This week, we turn to the theme of the city in our Housing in the City series. Reading from Jeremiah 29, we see God’s call to the city, the identity we’re invited to in the city and finally the hope of the city. Recorded May 5, 2024.

Housing in the City - The Land

We continue our series exploring the topic of housing in the city by looking at our Biblical theme: the land. By tracing the theme through the Bible in 7 acts, we learn the story of the land, how Jesus fulfills the story of the land, and how Jesus invites his followers to new identities and orientation towards land. Recorded April 28, 2024.

Housing In the City Intro

This week we began a new series exploring how we live in the city as followers of Jesus during the current housing crisis. In this introduction, we explore some of the personal contours of the housing story in Canada, and receive the invitations to listen to and tell our stories, center on the story of Jesus and discern where the Spirit is leading us. Recorded April 21, 2024.

Extending the Table // Mark 14:22-26

As we close our series in the gospel of John and move towards the summer season, we take a last look at Jesus around the table. While in the gospel of John, the table is portrayed as a classroom, in the gospel of Mark the table is a practice, with the vision of us extending it to our friends, family and neighbours. Recorded April 14, 2024.

The Spirit of Peace // John 20:19-23

As we end our series in the gospel of John, we turn our eyes to the commissioning of Jesus’ disciples in John 20. Although given 2000 years ago, Jesus’ promise to his disciples of another Advocate who brings peace is important and timely in our age of anxiety. Recorded April 7, 2024.

Resurrection and the Invitation to Believe // John 19:38-20:18

As we celebrate Easter Sunday, we turn to the Gospel of John's account of the resurrection of Jesus where he emphasizes three things: the evidence that invites us to stoop, the exhortation that invites us to see, and the invitation to become an endorsement of the resurrection as the people of God. Recorded March 31, 2024.